CVE-1999-1495

CVE-1999-1495 describes a local vulnerability in xtvscreen for SuSE Linux 6.0 where a symlink attack on the file “pic000.pnm” lets a local user overwrite arbitrary files. The underlying issue is a symlink-based file-overwrite path within xtvscreen. Documented impact indicates no confidentiality o...

CVE-1999-1495

xtvscreen in SuSE Linux 6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pic000.pnm file...